No one in Urumqi checks the ID card, and it doesn’t matter if you bring a bag or not. After sitting in the movie theater, I regretted that I almost vomited blood. I knew I would bring a DV movie version and sell it for sale. I don’t know how many genuine CDs I can buy if I make money. :( Let’s
talk about movies.
Let’s talk about the story first. We always think that a good movie should have a good plot to support it. In China, there is a strange and unhealthy tendency: everyone makes some so-called independent productions that no one can understand. After Tuguo crossed the border and came back with some random awards, he became a master. How dare you say that you can't understand it? 嘁! Go home and learn about cultural genres and styles! Before watching this drama, I was asked about how many times on the Internet. The comments on this story of a different color are confusing, it's "Rashomon" and it's avant-garde..., at first glance, it's okay, the story structure of "Hero" is still convincing, and the narrative There is no lack of new ideas. I think Zhang Yimou did not deliberately learn from Kurosawa. His theme of "the world" can only allow him to make such a frame choice. The problem is that the director himself has been conquered by this vague "world" too thoroughly. , he regarded the audience as a heartless fool, so Chen Daoming, Jet Li, and Tony Leung took turns to make generous speeches. Zhang's good intentions, but since this drama is running for the Oscar... well, let the Americans think about it!
Screen again. This is the most beautiful composition and color I have ever seen in my life. Every scene is different. Zhang Yimou has brought his talent in photography and color to the extreme. Don't think that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is beautiful. After reading "Hero", you will find that Ang Lee's bookishness is too strong. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is Xiaojiabiyu in Jiangnan, and "Hero" is a generation of overlords in the north. Moreover, in the use of color, Ang Ang obviously cannot be compared with Zhang Yimou, who was born in photography. Zhang Yimou was born to "steal the spotlight". Li Lianjie Donnie Yen Chess Hall listened to the piano competition, Li Ziyu walked through the water; Zhang Manyu and Zhang Ziyi faced off in the Populus euphratica forest, with Zhang's sword stabbed in the chapter, a thrilling and ubiquitous red suddenly flowed into the sky; The water was as blue as the sky, Liang Chaowei suddenly splashed a drop of water on the face of Maggie Cheung, who was sleeping in the pavilion, in the battle of life and death with Jet Li. Liang ignored Li's "kill in ten steps" and retreated, just to replace him. The dead beloved woman wiped a drop of water like a tear; in the wild desert, Maggie Cheung, who was dressed in white, only saw Leung Chiu Wai tightly, and the sword that stabbed him through his heart passed through his own heart, Muttering to himself: "I'll take you home right now"... Beautiful pictures not only rely on skills, but more importantly, we can see the director's mind from these beauties.
It is said that the music of "Hero" is too similar to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but I disagree. Of course, a musician must choose the method he is best at, and the two plays are both martial arts themes, but Zhang Yimou combined the "Wah Ya Ya" in Peking Opera with the drumbeat of the drum king to impact our eardrums. The drums of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are mysterious and compact, while the drums of Heroes are both majestic and sympathetic. Perlman's violin is more sensational than Yo-Yo Ma, and it has the whimpering feeling of the erhu, and Tan Dun's melody is also better than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
As long as you look at the cast and crew of this play, you will find that this is a work of powerful alliances that has been carefully selected in all aspects. Directing, acting, filming, music, martial arts instruction and even costumes and props are all in various fields. The top card, so the show is also expected. But "Hero", which chose "world" as the theme, really can't be regarded as an "epic blockbuster". This is not Zhang Yimou's best film. It is a high-box-office film full of commercial ambitions and extremely successful operation.
There are comments that all the actors are chess pieces in Zhang Yimou's hands, and there is nothing outstanding in the performance. After watching it, I feel the same way, and I feel that in this carefully planned chess game, Zhang Yimou himself has unfortunately become one of them. After watching the whole play, you will find that the director's personality has been overwhelmed by too many themes, and it seems that it is more appropriate to call him the director of photography.
Li Lianjie Donnie Yen Chess Hall listens to the piano competition, and the slow motion shot to describe Li's sword breaking through the rain has a strong shadow of "The Matrix", Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Hu Yanglin's duel, and the actor's makeup has a strong Japanese feel Taste, Chen Daoming's recitation of "Daqin's iron cavalry will lay down a big territory" is full of strong American complex. On the journey to Oscar, Zhang Yimou is like a lost lamb of unknown nationality.
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